The COVID-19 pandemic is a human rights crisis, threatening the rights to health, food security, housing, dignity, and equality. Across the world, including in South Africa, the pandemic reveals the…
The risk that information can be manipulated on social media to serve political ends or instigate violence should not preclude key election stakeholders in Nigeria from…
The failure of governance in Nigeria manifests in the declining capacity of political leaders to recognize systemic risks such as election fraud, terrorist attacks, herder-farmer conflict, armed banditry, and police…
Half a century after the end of its civil war, Nigeria is seeing a revival of the secessionist movement that started it. However, the cause that “Biafran” activists espouse today…
The former Trump administration’s persistent pattern of violating international law has put the United States on the same level as the rogue nations that subvert international consensus and the rules-based…
India’s contribution to Latin America’s healthcare sector goes beyond its traditional role as the ‘pharmacy of the world,’ given that the region lies in a sweet spot somewhere…
Illicit financial flows significantly erode the tax base of resource-rich developing countries, which do not have the means to invest in public health, education, and sustainable development. In…
LGBTQ+ migrants are a particularly vulnerable subgroup of both the migrant and LGBTQ+ populations, especially in South Africa where they experience high levels of stigma and discrimination. This vulnerability may…
This article seeks to place the recent conflict in Ethiopia in deeper historical context. It traces the roots of Tigray province’s identity through various phases in Ethiopia’s history, and argues…
For several decades, US security policy in West Africa focused on transnational terrorist organizations, domestic armed groups, and the general spread of instability. This article argues that an increase in…
